Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-31
STREET SPRINKLING,
A Lively Hearing Before the Ordinance
 

Lively Hearing Before the Ordinance @
 Committee.
 The committee on ordinances had siege last night. It was ou the street sprinkling question. The committee room was well filled. Before them was huge roll. This was the petition for the repeal of the ordi- nance de sprinkling of streets which was in force last year. The petition was signed by about 750 persons. The ordinance as it BOW stands gives to the board of public works the entire and exclusive control and regula- tion of watering and sprinkling all Telford pavements in this city; and no person shall place or cause to be placed any water on these pavements unless expressly authorized and instructed to do so by said board; and any person who violates any of this ordi- nance shall pay penalty of not more than $50 for each such offense.
 Nearly all of the persons who appeared before the committee wanted the above ordi- nance repealed. They claimed that it was not a saving to the city. The repairing of than usual because the work of sprinkling had not been properly done. The substance of the petition was as follows:
 Believing the practice of sprinking certain pay ed streets by the city, leaving others to be sary expenditure of public money and imposes an unjust burden of taxation upon large majority of fully petition your honorable body to order the abandonment of said practice, leaving all street sprnklng 10 be done at private expense under such regu ations as it may seem to you expedient to enforce.
 The cold wind was in an awful hurry out side, and about half-past eight it blew Al. derman Hugh Daley in. He told the con- mittee that Whalley avenue, where he resid- ed, was dry street, and that about ten min- utes after a city watering cart had passed through it was as dry as ever before. As far as Whalley avenue was concerned the ordi- nance was a failure and should be repealed or in some way changed. He was in favor of allowing individuals to water in front of their premises.
 Herbert E. Benton told the committee that public opinion was against the ordinance as it now stood. It has been tried and in less than month after it was passed year ago he heard complaint after complaint, and many asked how to start a petition against it. It now relieves the superintendent of streets of good deal of work. The best time, MT. Benton thought, for individuals to water the streets was between 8 8. m. and g D. m. He told the committee that an ordi- nance might be passed compelling residents to put certain kinds of sprinklers on their hose. In places needing the most sprinkline there had generally been the least. There had been no uniformity in the sprinkling The streets were made muddy and puddles of water were most frequent sights. He said he.could not tell exactly, but several thou sand dollars more had been expended this last year for the sprink1ing of streets by the city than before.
 Curtis Evarts opposed the ordinance. Prof. Brewer supported the ordinance as economical for the city. By it money was saved, as the pavement did not require SC much repairing.
 MT. Benton replying said the expense oi repairing had been greater.
 Chas. Baldwin thought it cheaper for the city to do the sprinkling.
 Sylvanus Butler and others appeared be. fore the committee.
 The committee voted to recommend the repeal of the ordinance and subcommittee composed of Alderman Watrous and Council. men Kent and Moran was appointed to ID ake amendments to it such as deemed best and report at meeting of the committee which shall be subject to the call of the chairman.
 A new garbage ordinance was also consid- cred, to be adopted as section of the ordi nances concerning nuisances:
 The gathering of what is known as kitchen ven without 8 license from the board of health is hereby prohibitt d.
 hcen and permits, is hereby amended by insert ing under the head of nuisances the fee of $1 for garbage license.
 Ward Bailey, clerk of the board of health, said the board was troubled a good deal with itinsrant garbage collectors. The chief twentyfve cents each. He thought many of the vehicles unfit for use.
 l The ordinance practically places all garb | age collectors under the Jurisdiction of ths | board of health. It was laid on the table bJ | the unanimous vote of the committee.